Quick look...over on the grassy knoll.... GO IRISH!

****This is me ranting a bit***

***I'm not real happy right now***

Enjoy the show!

Let's say you walk into a McDonalds 

next week, you meet the counter worker

and the two of you just don't hit it off!

After struggling to get your order, he kinda

gives you some lip and you return it with a 

not so favorable comment on why he's 

working at Micky Ds at forty years old!

Your "special" order Big Mac comes  

off the grill with an extra ingredient fresh 

from the mouth of your new friend...

Do you sue him?...The Ten dollar an hour

counter worker...or do you blame Ronald and 

his Golden Arches?

You sue the company!

Now...The company is run much like a team.

Each aspect of that team has a job to perform and 

when a person breaks down on their specific 

mission that day, the ENTIRE team fails!

But only McDonalds gets the lawsuit!

We've taken a kid and blamed him almost 

like a "patsy" for all the errors, regardless 

of if they are his fault or not!

Why?...He's the quarterback for
NOTRE DAME!

And that position comes with ALL the 

credit when things go good!

And ALL the blame when they don't!

Hell, there were idiots calling for a back up 

that hasn't had ONE COLLEGE pass 

attempt to be put in the game!

Of course...That was BEFORE the
O-Line woke up and gave Golson the time

to rattle off 28 unanswered points and 

get ND back from 34-3 to 34-31!

A "TEAM" is just that...pieces working 

together achieve a goal!

Like a car engine...If you turn the key on 

a V8, and 2 spark plugs are firing your 

gonna know about it RIGHT AWAY!

Why do you blame a QB for allowing a 

blind side shot to cause a fumble? 

"Oh..he should have "felt" the pressure!" 

Shut up!

Let me punch you in the back of the 

head, and then blame you for not

"feeling" it coming!

How about calling a 3 step drop slant?

Who's fault is it when the ENTIRE offense

knows you called a 3 step slant...That 99% of 

the time is gonna go to the EXACT 

same WR...And you don't block your man,

and keep him from jumping DIRECTLY 

into the pass... 

YOU KNEW HE
WAS TROWING IT!!!

What am I missing here?

Now look I'm not saying that NOTHING 

is Golson's fault, but making him the 

blame for EVERY issue is like 

blaming Obama for a local mayor

embezzling from the playground

fund...And I blame Obama for A LOT!

FSU was a horrific loss!

And don't get me wrong, I'm as mad at the 

inconsistency of refs as you are!

But this game STUNG TWICE as hard,

cause we lost to an inferior team!

We allowed a team, that if we play them ten 

more times, we win 9!

STOP!

DO YOUR JOB!

You eliminate these STUPID mistakes 

and I'll put ND up against any team in the 

country!

Hell, we played like complete trash for an ENTIRE 

half of the game, and still were in a position to win!

And not against a 500 team, or a team 

that won't even be bowl eligible!

Which takes me to the next topic that's on 

my angry mind!

WHAT TYPE OF CRACK IS THIS 
"SELECTION COMMITTEE" 

smoking? 

We lose to the current what No.3 and No. 6 

team in the country and we are 18th??

We beat Stanford...it's nothing!

But to Oregon is a statement win!

We are 18th in the country...But we are

the "signature" impressive W for 

ASU and FSU??? 

No. 9 beats no. 10 on the road and we 

drop 8 spots?

But no. 8 losses to no. 14 at home and 

drops 4 spots?

FSU gets jumped by a team that lost 

at home to an UNRANKED team

while FSU is still UNDEFEATED!

Strength of Schedule???

Which was supposed to be a HUGE factor 

in all of this has been tossed out the window!

It's the BCS with less members!

It's the "Schedule a 2 game season, and if you

can win one of the the two we will make you top 

ten!" 

This thing is a joke!

Got me feeling like I'm in a bad SNL skit!

I got no idea which way is up!

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

They are FORCING ND's hand to join a 

conference, and if you can't see the flaws in 

this current system after just three weeks...

YOU ARE BLIND!

So...I'm gonna end with this...Drink'em if 

ya got'em!

Smoke'em if you want'em!

Cause the last thing we have is a unbiased panel 

helping determine the National Championship race!

AND NO!!! I'm not breaking down a match up 

with a 3-6 Northwestern team that 

Michigan beat!

Give me a damn break!

GO IRISH 

& 

GOD BLESS!

JUST WIN!

Rattle the GUN!...Establish the RUN! GO IRISH!

There's a HUGE difference between

those who have 

ARRIVED 

and those who are still 

ARRIVING!

The Florida State game gave a few of us, and

also a few of the players I'd say, the sense that

Notre Dame had ARRIVED this season!

But at the end of the day...as young as this program is,

we are still ARRIVING!

This Notre Dame team is not a machine yet!

They are not ready to just show up and win!

They are still a work in progress, and the beautiful 

part of all this is...The Navy Game was 

PERFECT timing!

It was perfect in the sense that it "tempered" expectations 

and attitudes within a locker room.  To a team that was being 

told, "You just pushed around the National Champs"

by every sports reporter in the country!

We needed that "reality" check, that

moment of clarity so to speak, to bring us 

back to realizing that there are four 

more fights ahead of us!

The joy this brought to me, was I sat and 

watched a game that should have been 59 to 29!

But what would that have done? 

The "noise" got to our boys a bit!

The "noise" got to all of us!

Now..it's up to us to make our own NOISE!

For me this season is a time of reflection!

First thing I've learned is...DAMN do we have

one of the BEST coaches in the entire 

country!

Let's start with Spring Ball
Here's who is no longer able to
play due to injury!

DE-Springmann

DE-Hounshell 

LB-Grace

LB-Schmidt

S-Baratti

S-Collinsworth

Now heres who is not able to 

play, because ND follows the 

rules!

DE-Williams

CB-Russell

LB-Moore

S-Hardy

WR-Daniels

Now Here's who we graduated

LAST YEAR!

Starters: 

Jackson-Giants

Fox-Giants

Nix-Texans

Tuitt-Steelers

Shembo-Falcons

Martin-Dallas

Watt-Chargers

Niklas-Cardnials

Jones-Detroit 

So...that's 10 Starters to graduation!

And down 11 on our current roster? 

Hell..it's like we are on scholarship restrictions!

And we are 7-1!!!

So...take it easy!

Realize that this team is playing at a

VERY HIGH LEVEL!

In February I said that this class was the best 

class Kelly had signed since he arrived at ND!

I took a lot of flack off that comment!

I had message board idiots saying I was crazy!

That 5 losses this season was a minimum!

Well...Have you see the freshmen STUDS 

emerging on a weekly basis? 

Trumbetti

Tranquill

Martini

Luatua

Hill

Cage

And next on that list, ready to let the college 

football universe know his name? 

NYLES MORGAN

This week...it's gonna be about reaction!

This week is about speed!

This week is about what the FUTURE

of the IRISH will look like!

ARIZONA SUN DEVILS

Now for any of you that think the college football

God's never shine on Notre Dame.

I give you opportunity no. 1 to give the 

playoff committee something to think 

about!...

So what's the no.9 team in the country look like?

They are 7-1

The big thing that sticks out to me is the 

INCREDIBLE amount of luck that has 

helped ASU get to 7-1!

Who have they beat?

Weber State

Whoever that is? 

New Mexico

LOL...I know!

Colorado

Yeah..they still have a team!

USC

Okay...DING..DING!

1st INCREDIBLE bit of luck!

Washington

Well...it's gonna take awhile to make 

them look like they are playing on 

blue turf! 

Stanford

LEGIT WIN!

Utah

Utah had to miss TWO...TWO chip field 

goals to hand this game to ASU!

The Utah that lost to WSU!

Now...their loss? 

UCLA 

Who just completely WOODSHEDED 

them at HOME!

27-62

Now...they've played a good 

SOS-30th

On Defense they are...Decent!

Rush D they are 88th in the country!

Allowing about 180 yards per game!

Pass D they are 36th!

Allowing 205 yards per game!

So their D gives up on average 400 

yards per game!

So scoring shouldn't be an issue!

Offense?

They are 44th Rush offense!

Almost 200 yard per game!

They are 23rd in passing Offense!

Almost 300 yards per game!

  

That explains the high scoring games!

They score A LOT!

They allow A LOT of scoring! 

Rattle the GUN!

Establish the RUN!

Those of you that have followed my work for 

awhile will recognize this title from 2012!

This was the same title for the Oklahoma Blog!

Why?...This game has all the same type of 

feeling as that game!

Under-dogs on the road!

A game that will show the country that

Notre Dame is emerging!

We will RATTLE the GUN with 

pressure!

We will establish the RUN with 

FOLSTON!

Kelly is a good QB...He understands 

Graham's system and operates it to a T!

But...You can shake him!

You can rattle him!

The X FACTOR in this game?

VANGORDER

He's gonna confuse...and rattle Kelly ALL NIGHT!

The first three games of the season:

Kelly=Sacked 3 times!

Kelly injuries his ankle!

Last 2 games?

Kelly=Sacked 11 times!

He's gonna bring the noise to Kelly!

He's gonna show him things that he's never seen before!

This defense is now YOUTH...on top of YOUTH

on top of SPEED..on top of AGGRESSION!

We've seen teams attempt to pressure Golson....

                                              Ask Syracuse how that worked out for them!

This game is about what team is gonna be standing when 

the smoke clears...Cause make no mistake...

Arizona State is no. 9 right now cause they've 

gotten VERY LUCKY!

Notre Dame is NOT number 2 because of this!

That flag remains in the pocket of that idiot!

The IRISH are no. 2 in the country and 

Golson is your front runner for Heisman!

GO IRISH 

and

 GOD BLESS!